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Monday 12 October 2015
What’s Cooking? Aruba Crowns a New Iron Chef!
ORANJESTAD - On October in a three-course format nicely stocked pantry were
8th, the much-anticipated with a mystery basket chal- set up for the competing
and sold-out event, Iron lenge for each course. chefs on stage, at Divi Re-
Chef Aruba produced by Three full kitchens and a sort’s Alhambra Ballroom,
Island Temptations maga- located at the Alhambra
zine as the finale for the Casino & Shops. The inti-
Aruba Tourism Authority’s mate ballroom provided a
Eat Local Restaurant Week, fun location and a sense of
was held, with three of Aru- community for the second
ba’s top chefs vying for the installment of Iron Chef Aru-
title. Executive chef Ste- ba, and then the team of
phen Toevs from The Ritz- professionals at Divi, went
Carlton, Aruba, executive to work making this a truly
chef Teddy Bouroncle from special and unique event.
the Aruba Marriott Resort Divi’s corporate chef, Matt
& Stellaris Casino, and ex- Boland, whose personal-
ecutive chef Ever de Pena ity, knowledge, and skills
from Manchebo Beach were invaluable, served as
Resort & Spa competed the Mystery Basket advisor
along with Aruba’s first Iron
Chef, Urvin Croes, chef/ with accessibility and func- gas, and water.
owner of White Modern tionality of safety, electric, Continued on page 14
Cuisine and The Kitchen
Table by White. They both
helped tweak the format
of the event, creating in-
triguing mystery baskets for
the competition and ad-
vising on kitchen setup and
equipment needs.
ASD Aruba, the island’s
source for professional res-
taurant equipment, helped
set up the three kitchens in
the ballroom, complying
